The extraordinary world so brilliantly re-created in The Hollow Crown was a turbulent and dangerous one. England was racked by famine, rebellion, civil war, and plaguewith the descent of the Black Death and the horrific, ultimately futil The extraordinary world so brilliantly re-created in The Hollow Crown was a turbulent and dangerous one. England was racked by famine, rebellion, civil war, and plaguewith the descent of the Black Death and the horrific, ultimately futile bloodbath of the Hundred Years Warand yet, despite the turmoil, this period left a magnificent artistic and literary legacy, creating a recognizable spoken and written form of the English language. Ranging from peasant to king, from field to fortressincluding the events that are part of the modern world's collective imagination, not least through Shakespeare's history playsThe Hollow Crown brings the texture of late medieval England to life. ...Continua Nascondi